GWJ Online Boardgame Group

Ooh, I'm interested in joining some of these, but I'm going away for four days next week without internet access so I'll hold off joining until I get back.

Also I saw Feast For Odin just hit beta on BGA.

Koz wrote:

Ooh, I'm interested in joining some of these, but I'm going away for four days next week without internet access so I'll hold off joining until I get back.

Also I saw Feast For Odin just hit beta on BGA.

I'm very excited about that!

Would definitely like to give that a try!

Starting up another game of Rallyman GT.
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

2 laps, medium length track, 1 turn/day.

Congrats to LastSurprise for winning the last race.

LastSurprise wrote:

I'm opening 3 tables on BoardGameArena, each turn-based, 1-turn per day, with access restricted to members of the GWJ BoardGameArena group:

Agricola:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

Beyond the Sun:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

Terra Mystica:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

Bump! Plenty of space in all 3 tables if anyone wants to join.

LastSurprise wrote:
LastSurprise wrote:

I'm opening 3 tables on BoardGameArena, each turn-based, 1-turn per day, with access restricted to members of the GWJ BoardGameArena group:

Agricola:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

Beyond the Sun:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

Terra Mystica:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

Bump! Plenty of space in all 3 tables if anyone wants to join.

I just joined BtS and and Agricola (which I've never played.) But there was a big warning for Agricola Beta version. Do you know what that means?

I think they are still testing some of the card packs for occupations and minor improvements, which I enabled. I’ve played the game before while the base version was in beta, and it’s fine.

Ummmm...in Alhambra, is there a record of the scoring cards turning up other than the log? The scoring cards are a pretty big deal in the ftf game but here one has obviously been played but I missed it entirely.

Still absolutely no idea what I'm doing in Castles of Burgundy or in Beyond the Sun, but it's fun to be playing them.

I'm looking to try Abyss, St. Petersburg, A Feast For Odin, In the Year of the Dragon, and, in Real Time, 7 Wonders: Duel, if anyone is interested.

Natus wrote:

Ummmm...in Alhambra, is there a record of the scoring cards turning up other than the log? The scoring cards are a pretty big deal in the ftf game but here one has obviously been played but I missed it entirely.

Sadly, no. It's a big gap in the interface to me, really easy to miss when the scoring rounds happened.

Natus wrote:

I'm looking to try Abyss, St. Petersburg, A Feast For Odin, In the Year of the Dragon, and, in Real Time, 7 Wonders: Duel, if anyone is interested.

I'll play any and all of those Abyss is pretty good and I'm a big fan of St. Petersburg. Played In the Year of the Dragon once years ago and remember very little and have never played A Feast for Odin but would be happy to learn!

7 Wonders Duel is a pretty decent two player game. Real time is a challenge for me to pull off most days, at least not until after 8pm Central.

Dreaded Gazebo wrote:
Natus wrote:

I'm looking to try Abyss, St. Petersburg, A Feast For Odin, In the Year of the Dragon, and, in Real Time, 7 Wonders: Duel, if anyone is interested.

I'll play any and all of those Abyss is pretty good and I'm a big fan of St. Petersburg. Played In the Year of the Dragon once years ago and remember very little and have never played A Feast for Odin but would be happy to learn!

7 Wonders Duel is a pretty decent two player game. Real time is a challenge for me to pull off most days, at least not until after 8pm Central.

St. Petersburg game open (seats 4)

Abyss game open (seats 4)

Blood Rage is having a tantrum. Won't let me play a battle card or proceed, it's stuck. Have submitted a bug report. Shall we quit and try again?

Bubblefuzz wrote:

Blood Rage is having a tantrum. Won't let me play a battle card or proceed, it's stuck. Have submitted a bug report. Shall we quit and try again?

Sure, but we don't want to get in the same fix, of course. Is there anything in the forums about your issue?

Natus wrote:
Bubblefuzz wrote:

Blood Rage is having a tantrum. Won't let me play a battle card or proceed, it's stuck. Have submitted a bug report. Shall we quit and try again?

Sure, but we don't want to get in the same fix, of course. Is there anything in the forums about your issue?

Looked like they had multiple reports of similar on the bugs page and someone messaged me saying pretty sure ours was same thing. We could give it another go or hold off until beta?

Yeah, if it's stuck, it's stuck. We can bail on the game and wait for a bit, that's too bad. I wonder if it's more common in async games? Anyway, that's okay. It'll be fun once it finally lands.

I tried one last time... And it worked, small we carry on?

Bubblefuzz wrote:

I tried one last time... And it worked, small we carry on?

So I think something went screwy with our last battle, and maybe y'all can talk me down. I keep Replaying the battle and nothing makes sense, because when we play our cards my unit STR has vanished.

When the battle in Gimle started, I had 8 STR, Dreaded Gazebo had 1, Bubblefuzz had 2. I played Odin's Smite, +1 STR which kills one opposing warrior from each opponent before comparing strength. Now it's 9 STR to Bubblefuzz's 1, Dreaded Gazebo is at 0 when STR is totaled. Dreaded Gazebo plays Loki's Trickery +0, stealing Rage, and Bubblefuzz plays Tyr's Smash with a huge +4. But even with that it's Bubblefuzz STR 5 to my STR 9. Is there something I'm missing?

I say we trash this game and come back at Beta time.

Bubblefuzz wrote:

I say we trash this game and come back at Beta time.

Agreed. I'm also in the playtest group for Space Empires 4x from GMT, which is in Alpha. Not sure if anyone's interested in that game, but I quite like it.

I'm interested in Space Empires 4x and would be willing to give it a shot. I actually owned it at one point in time but never did get a chance to table it up.

Dreaded Gazebo wrote:

I'm interested in Space Empires 4x and would be willing to give it a shot. I actually owned it at one point in time but never did get a chance to table it up.

Great! It could hardly be as buggy as Blood Rage. I'll invite you and anyone else with interest to the group. Once you accept, you can create your own games and view the map, etc.

If you all start up another Rallyman GT game, I'd like to join. Thanks!

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Rallyman GT game 3 is up.

2 laps, medium length track, 1 turn / 2 day, random weather, track, and GT

https://boardgamearena.com/table?tab...

cheesycrouton wrote:

If you all start up another Rallyman GT game, I'd like to join. Thanks!

Game is open, I had sent an invite to a player on BGA with the name cheesycrouton, but they weren't part of the GWJ group so wasn't sure it was you.

Bubblefuzz wrote:

Blood Rage is having a tantrum. Won't let me play a battle card or proceed, it's stuck. Have submitted a bug report. Shall we quit and try again?

Just FYI, Bubblefuzz, I submitted a second report referencing your report. So there were, it appears, two cascading issues: your inability to play a battle card, and then the resolution of a battle. Both things are items I have seen listed in the bug reports, so maybe the fixes haven't taken yet.

pizzaddict wrote:
cheesycrouton wrote:

If you all start up another Rallyman GT game, I'd like to join. Thanks!

Game is open, I had sent an invite to a player on BGA with the name cheesycrouton, but they weren't part of the GWJ group so wasn't sure it was you.

I joined up too!

Looks like the other games I opened - Beyond the Sun, Agricola, and Terra Mystica -- folded for delay & lack of interest. If anyone's interested in any of the 3 I'll open up another link.

Natus wrote:
Bubblefuzz wrote:

Blood Rage is having a tantrum. Won't let me play a battle card or proceed, it's stuck. Have submitted a bug report. Shall we quit and try again?

Just FYI, Bubblefuzz, I submitted a second report referencing your report. So there were, it appears, two cascading issues: your inability to play a battle card, and then the resolution of a battle. Both things are items I have seen listed in the bug reports, so maybe the fixes haven't taken yet.

Cool. Hopefully it'll shape up for beta ok.

BGA question:

friend of mine signed up for BGA and already went premium, is trying to get a game going with us two and another friend. How exactly does inviting friends supposed to work? Is there a place I can see all the invites I've been sent? I have seen a top-of-main-page horizontal banner once or twice, but is that the only way to see if you've been invited to a table? Doesn't seem to show them in "!" notifications or "..." chat as I'd expect.

Keithustus wrote:

BGA question:

friend of mine signed up for BGA and already went premium, is trying to get a game going with us two and another friend. How exactly does inviting friends supposed to work? Is there a place I can see all the invites I've been sent? I have seen a top-of-main-page horizontal banner once or twice, but is that the only way to see if you've been invited to a table? Doesn't seem to show them in "!" notifications or "..." chat as I'd expect.

Ah, the mysteries of the BGA UI...

Hard to test this out as I cannot invite myself to a game, but I believe your "invitations" would appear in your current "list of games" - meaning a seat is saved for you at those game tables, so it gets added to your current tables/games.

[EDIT] - OK, testing a little. Does not appear in the '!' notifications. DOES appear in the games in progress as I stated. DOES appear as a banner across whole webpage (no idea how that works on phone/mobile).

Given that I am not (and doubt I will ever become) a premium member, a part of me feels guilty about asking this but I guess I am ultimately OK with it.

I would like to play/ try Feast for Odin, Parks, 7 Wonders Duel and or Patchwork - can someone please invite me? (async, slow/steady gameplay)

I also want to try Great Western Trail - if you do also, let me know and I can create a game (or another Alpha game of interest ... I won't know how to play it but ...)